Workshop Schedule

Thursday, December 1, 2011

10:00-10:15
Registration and coffee
10:15-10:30
opening remarks, practical information

Session 1

Atmospheric Dynamics and Modeling

Chair: Kevin Hamilton

10:30-12:30
Erik Lindborg
A possible explanation of the atmospheric kinetic and potential energy spectra
Axel Lauer
Modeling the response of MBL clouds to global warming: The impact of subgrid scale precipitation formation
Yuya Baba
Impact of two-moment cloud microphysical scheme in mesoscale convective system
Yuqing Wang
Internal Variability of Dynamically Downscaled Tropical Cyclones over the Western North Pacific Using the IPRC Regional Climate Model
12:30-14:00
lunch

Session 2

Climate System and Data Assimilation

Chair Yuya Baba

14:00-15:30
Miho Ishizu
The oxygen-nitrate relationship in the World Ocean
Nobumasa Komori
Development of CFES–LETKF ensemble data assimilation system
Wataru Ohfuchi
Numerical Simulations of Effect of Clouds’ Characteristics on Climate: Preliminary Results for Cosmoclimatology
15:30-16:00
coffee

Session 3

Climate Change Issue

Chair: Wataru Ohfuchi

16:00-17:00
Annamalai
Understanding Asian Summer Monsoon Variability in a Changing Climate
Kevin Hamilton
Modeling the Stratospheric QBO Response to Global Warming

Day 2: Friday, December 2, 2011

Session 4

Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent

Chair: Tangdong Qu

9:30-10:30
Hideharu Sasaki
Influence of local dynamical feedback process on the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent
Ali Reda Bel Madani
Wind-induced baroclinic beta-plumes and the Hawaiian Lee Counter-Current
10:30-11:00
coffee

Session 5

Western Tropical Pacific

Chair: Hideharu Sasaki

11:00-12:30
Takuya Hasegawa
Study of upper ocean variation in the Bismarck Sea using observation and high-resolution model experiments
Toru Miyama
Regional Climate Modeling Study of Wind Variations over Western Pacific Warm Pool before El Nino Onsets
Tangdong Qu
Mindanao Current/Undercurrent in OFES
12:30 - 14:00
lunch

Session 6

Kuroshio Extension

Chair: Bunmei Taguchi

14:00-15:30
Masami Nonaka
Potential predictability of interannual variability in the Kuroshio Extension jet speed in an eddy-resolving OGCM
Akira Kuwano-Yoshida
Baiu rainband termination in AFES and CFES
Bo Qiu
Effect of Decadal Kuroshio Extension Jet and Eddy Variability on the Modification of North Pacific Intermediate Water
15:30 - 16:00
coffee

Session 7

Decadal Variation

Chair: Bo Qiu

16:00-17:00
Keiji Kiyomatsu
Connection between the Kuroshio and the Kuroshio Extension decadal variation in OFES
Bunmei Taguchi
Propagation features of decadal-scale subsurface signals in the North Pacific Ocean.